I have hit upon the ultimate Ignatian gift—really-it is courageously perfect for anyone on your list, particularly people in the 1/3 minority, western, developed world.
In Ignatius’ Principle and Foundation for loving God, we are called to hold all created “things” in balance and use them so far as they bring us closer to God and the person we are called to be and rid ourselves of them in so far as they distract us or move us away from God and the person we are called to be.

I did something really radical last week. I occupied Omaha.
Under the guise of taking my dog for a nice long walk, I marched through the streets of downtown with hundreds of other people carrying signs ranging from “Close the Fed” to “We are the balance to their checks!” Unlike the violent protests depicted on TV, the Omaha event was more parade of hope. Omaha protesters are obscenely nice. We love our police! We obey all traffic rules. We make way for people pushing baby carriages.
And yet, I found it …

My heart is broken. I can’t believe this is happening. It is not what I had expected, planned, or been working towards. And now I’m left with a decision to make, which path to take. I go through the questions of discernment desperately seeking another answer, a way out. It is almost as if Iggy himself were whispering in my ear:
What is going on inside of you? What is your deepest desire for this situation? Really, what does your heart long for?
What is logical to do here? …

In 1976 Henryk Gorecki of Poland wrote The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. The entire piece reflects the despair between a mother and child when each loses the other in war. The second movement is soul staggering, particularly in what it reflects: the words of an 18-year old girl inscribed on a wall at Auschwitz, a plea for her mother not to weep for her and a prayer to Mary for support.